Re: problems with debconf

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Frank Küster wrote:
> then debconf-show netenv says nothing, i.e. all the debconf items should
> be purged from the database

Try 'debconf-how unknown'

> And now it is back. Is it possible that the problem comes from my
> testing of the scripts? Since the config script got fairly complex, I
> have executed them manually a couple of times.

Since you ran the script by hand, debconf did not know what package
owned those questions, so it regitered them as owned by "unknown". You
can purge all unknown-owned questions with 'echo purge |
debconf-communicate'. Or by running the postrm purge manually..

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